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Ladies and gentlemen, dudes and dudettes, fans of Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation alike, I have been to the other side. And …

The Sox drop the first installment of Danger Week, leaving me with a slightly sour feeling in my gut. As well as several questions. 1) …

There it is. Right there. See that? The Papel-Bot, giving his boy Lowell the glad hand. The “beers on me all f–king week, my man!” …

What is better than laying around on a beautiful summer Sunday basking in the afterglow of a great Red Sox win? Well, there may be …

Break out the cliches: home cookin’, friendly Fenway, while the cat’s away…OK, that last one doesn’t make any sense but you know what I mean. …

On the bright side: — Nobody got shot. — Julian Tavarez kept his pants on for the full nine innings, as best I can tell. …

Two years ago, I counted ’em out. They were totally Heston in The Omega Man, just joggin’ around the deserted streets, waiting to get picked …

Okay, what I said yesterday. About us being toast if we can’t sweep the Royals? Let me backtrack a bit and adjust that statement to …

We didn’t just lose to the Royals. No way that just happened. I must have dozed off… missed the end of the game. I bet …

I’ve been thinking. Uh oh. You know how Hideki Matsui is one of the pre-eminent collectors of Japanese pornography? I’ve heard his collection is quite …

Another ball-crunching loss to the Rays. Further slippage in the standings. A guy named “Corky” behind the plate. Things ain’t good, folks, but they aren’t …

What is it about the Tampa Bay “don’t call me Devil” Rays that makes it so difficult for the Red Sox to beat them? These …

Another game, another injury. Last night it was Doug Mirabelli getting his ankle and knee turned in the first inning at a play at the …

Last night’s game really hinged on two moments. In the second inning, we had the bases loaded, and the Injuns walked Ortiz to get to …

Once again, we were toast. Done. Deader than the T-bone I left on the grill about five minutes too long, reducing it to a slightly …

Man, if Monday night’s game was The Empire Strikes Back, then last night’s was The Phantom Menace. Bunches of us sitting around with our Sox …

Smell this one, nerd. Props to my man Curtis Interruptus for the post title. And dig on more captions in yesterday’s comments.

It’s official: David Ortiz is f–king ridiculous. Not that this wasn’t pretty much accepted fact before last night’s heroics. Before His Royal Badness thumped a …

Being on the business end of a beat down like that is never a good thing. But when it occurs on the same day that …

Two words: Big Papi When does what this guy is doing cross into the realm of the supernatural? A rally-sparking homerun in the eighth and …

Best thing about last night’s game: That ovation for Cabby when he stepped to the plate in the first. Is there anyone who cultivated such …

Trading deadline comin’ up. Comin’ at ya. Time to start sizing up Cory Lidle and John Lieber. And there’s that nervous feeling in your gut, …

The pattern is getting frighteningly predictable. Schilling pitches, Red Sox win. Beckett pitches, Red Sox win. Lester pitches, Red Sox win. Anyone else pitches, the …

Note to everyone at my office: Today, I’m all about the happy. Seriously, if you’re looking to lay a ton of paperwork at someone’s feet, …

Well, Blogger is being a little bitch today and won’t let me add a picture. And I’m not in the mood to figure it out. …

Whenever I’m watching one of those post-game interviews where Tina Curvaceous chats up Terry Francona, there are certain moments I expect — and in many …

Red Sox Nation has begun to look at every fifth day with as much trepidation as a high school girl waiting on the results of …

The oft-dreaded West Coast trip started with a bang last night. Everything Jamie Moyer threw ended up out of the park. There were more wildly …

Some of the names and faces were a little different but the results were certainly the same. Red Sox Nation hears the two letters “DH” …

Back in the day, the good folks at Marvel Comics created a title called “What If,” which gave them the opportunity to explore such topics …

First off, is it just me or is Jon Lester the world’s oldest looking 22 year-old? I swear when I watch his conferences I’m looking …

For six painful innings, it looked as if the Red Sox — 2004 World Champions and proud owners of the David Ortiz contract — were …

It wouldn’t be a Red Sox season without some sense of dread. Without some feeling that the Grim Reaper stands waiting behind each corner, ready …

DynoMite! Hey everybody, JJ Walker here. Red and Denton offered me a box of Hostess cupcakes and a 40 to give you my expert-like game …

I hate to do it just a couple of days after the break, but it is time for a little reminder of how the game …